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968 Penalty for viola- tion. May 18, 1937 [H. R. 4591] [Private, No. 101] Sallie Gillespie. Provisions of Em- ployees' Compensa- tion Act extended to. 39 Stat. 746. 5 U.S. C. §§765-770. Proviso. No prior benefits. 75TI CONGRESS, 1ST SESSION-CHS. 219, 225 , 228-MAY 15, 18, 19, 1937 per centum thereof shall be paid or delivered to or received by any agent or attorney on account of services rendered in connection with this claim, and the same shall be unlawful, any contract to the con- trary notwithstanding. Any person violating the provisions of this Act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved, May 15, 1937. [CHAPTER 225] AN ACT For the relief of Sallie Gillespie. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the limita- tions of time in sections 15 to 20, inclusive, of the Act entitled "An Act to provide compensation for employees of the United States suf- fering injuries while in the performance of their duties, and for other purposes", approved September 7, 1916, as amended (U. S . C ., title 5, secs. 767, 770), are hereby waived in favor of Sallie Gillespie, the widow of Lynus P. Gillespie, of Millett, Texas, who is alleged to have sustained an injury while employed as a patrol inspector and prohibition agent about the first part of July 1927 which resulted in his death on June 16, 1929, and her case is authorized to be considered and acted upon under the remaining provisions of such Act, as amended, if she files a notice of such injury and claim for com- pensation with the United States Employees' Compensation Com- mission not later than six months after the date of the enactment of this Act: Provided, That no benefits shall accrue prior to the approval of this Act. Approved, May 18, 1937. [CHAPTER 228] May 19, 1937 (S. 1590] [Private, No. 102] AN ACT For the relief of Warren J. Fox. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Warren J. Fox. United States of America in.Congress assembled, That the Secretary ayment to. of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $107.75 to Warren J. Fox, of Amity Arkansas, in full satisfaction of all his claims against the United States for reimbursement for time, money, and effort expended by him in improving the tract of land (the north one-half of the southwest quarter of section 5, township 6 south, range 24 west, fifth principal meridian of Arkansas) which he was erroneously allowed by the General Land Office to enter as a home- Proiso. stead when it was in fact already privately owned: Provided, That ne'eLimitati onttor- no part of the amount appropriated in this Act in excess of 10 per centum thereof shall be paid or delivered to or received by any agent or attorney on account of services rendered in connection with this claim, and the same shall be unlawful, any contract to Penalty for viola- the contrary notwithstanding. Any person violating the provisions tion. of this Act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved, May 19, 1937.